The followers also had there skills reworked, for example, the scoundrel now has ability that he puts a red cloud on the ground and anything in that cloud has a 100% chance to be crit for 3 seconds (depending on dex) so the more dex he has, the longer his abilities last/
So in Solo play, they are quite significant, and some of the emanated powers are actually useful, like the double shrine durations, which was useless to have before.
The followers also had there skills reworked, for example, the scoundrel now has ability that he puts a red cloud on the ground and anything in that cloud has a 100% chance to be crit for 3 seconds (depending on dex) so the more dex he has, the longer his abilities last/
So in Solo play, they are quite significant, and some of the emanated powers are actually useful, like the double shrine durations, which was useless to have before.
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